The Farmers' Handbook Containing Laws of Ohio Relating to Agriculture and of Use and Interest to All Country Residents

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... Sec. 2. Assessment of compensation and damages. In all cases where the county roads may hereafter be established, widened or altered by virtue of this action, the county commissioners who are hereby created an assessing board for the purpose of assessing the cost and expense as set forth herein, may, instead of requiring the compensation and damages for the land taken and expense of grading and draining said road to be paid in whole or in part out of the county treasury or by the petitioners, as provided in section 4651 of the Revised Statutes, assess the same or such part thereof as they may deem equitable under the circumstances, upon the lots or lands abutting upon the said improvement and upon lots and lands benefited thereby and in making such assessments regard must be had as far as practicable to the benefits conferred upon the property assessed. (4637-2) Sec. 3. Collection of assessments. The assessments so made shall be certified by the commissioners to the auditor of the county, who shall place the same on the tax list against such taxable property, which shall thereupon become a lien upon such property, and the same shall be collected as other taxes in not to exceed five annual installments; provided, that said county commissioners may, in anticipation of the collection of such assessments, cause the whole of such compensation, damage and expense to be paid at once out of the county treasury to the parties entitled thereto, in which case interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum may be added to all the unpaid installments and collected therewith. (4637-4) Sec. 5. Compensation, etc., may be paid out of county treasury. The commissioners may order such part of the compensation, damages and cost as they may deem equitable, ..