Chap. 71.—An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the
public roads in Augusta county.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That on and
after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty.
two, the board of supervisors of the county of Augusta shal.
take charge of, and have worked and kept in repair all pub.
lic roads and bridges and foot-logs, heretofore or hereaften
established within the limits of the said county, and for this
purpose the said board of supervisors are authorized anc
empowered to levy a road tax, not exceeding in any yea
ten cents upon the one hundred dollars of assessed taxable
values in said county, and to adopt such regulations as dc
not conflict with the laws now in force, as may be necessary
to secure the proper working of the roads in said county.

_ 2. The said board of supervisors shall, as soon after the
first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as
may be practicable, appoint one commissioner of roads for
each magisterial district in the county, who shall qualify be-
fore the county court by taking the usual oaths of office,
and shall continue as such until their successors are duly
qualified. The term of said commissioners of roads shall be
one year, and shal] commence on the said first day of August
of each year, and they shall be appointed at the meeting of
the said board next preceding that day. The said commis-
sioners of roads shall have supervision of all roads and
bridges in said county, and all applications to the court for
viewers for changes or opening new roads must be reported
on by the commissioner of the district.

3. The said commissioners of roads, severally, shall, an-
nually, at the September term of the county court, let to
contract to the lowest suitable bidder, the work of keeping
in repair the roads and bridges in their districts, notices of
which letting shall be posted for ten days at each postoffice
in the district, the said letting to be as a whole, or in sec-
tions, at the discretion of the commissioner, and for the year
ending on the thirty-first day of August of each year. They
shall require the bids to be in writing, and signed by the
contractor, and shall deliver the same, under seal, to the
board of supervisors for their examination and approval at
their first meeting thereafter. Each contractor shall be re-
quired to give bond, with good security, in a penalty at least
double the amount of his bid, for the faithful performance of
his contract, and a recovery may be had for any breach of
said contract, in the name of the county, for the benefit of
the road fund in the county court, by motion, after ten days’
notice to the contractor and his securities. The said con-
tracts and bonds shall be left with the clerk of the board of
supervisors.

4. The contractor shall be entitled to the services, for not
more than four days in each year, of all persons liable to ser-
vice in working the public roads, under existing laws, and
shall be ontitled to all remedies now existing, for the collec-
tion of fines for failing to work, when duly summoned by
him, against persons owing that duty. The board of super-
visors shall determine before each letting, the number of
days’ service in work as aforesaid, as the condition of the
roads may require.

5. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of roads to
give personal supervision to all roads and bridges, to see that
the contractor is faithfully carrying out his contract, and for
any failure in carrying it out, the commissioner of the dis-
trict shall at once institute, through the prosecuting attor-
ney, proceedings for the recovery of damages for the breach
of said contract.
6. The commissioners of roads shall receive, as compen-
sation, not exceeding two dollars per day, while actually
engaged, but in no case shall his compensation exceed two
hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the county.

7. All levies made and collected under this act shall be col-
lected and accounted for by the county treasurer, as other
levies are, and shall be paid out on the warrant of the board
of supervisors.

8. No member of the board of supervisors or commissioner
of roads, shall be, directly or indirectly, interested in any
contract made under this act, and any participation therein
shall render the contract void.

9. When the court shall order the opening of a new road,
or the erection of a new bridge, the work of opening or
building shall be let to contract as hereinbefore directed.

10. The board of supervisors shall have power at any time,
for good cause, to revoke the appointment of a commissioner
of roads, and to appoint a successor to fill his unexpired
term; also, to fix the compensation of commissioners of roads,
and all others necessarily employed in executing this act.
For the additional services required by this act, the super-
visors shall receive two dollars per day.

11. It shall be the duty of the officers conducting the elec-
tions in the county of Augusta, to open a poll on the fourth
Thursday of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to receive
the ballots of the qualified voters who shall vote upon this
act, which ballots shall be as follows: “For the road law,”
and “Against the road law.” The ballots so cast shall be
deemed and taken as a vote for or against this act, and the
manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots, and making
returns thereof, shall be in acoun ance with existing law,
except that the certificate of the judges shall be as follows:
We hereby certify that at the election held on the day
of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, votes were
cast for the road law, and votes were cast against the
road law.

Signature of the judges.

12. Should a majority of the votes thus cast be for the
road law, it shall be deemed the adoption thereof.
13. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 71.—An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the
public roads in Augusta county.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That on and
after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty.
two, the board of supervisors of the county of Augusta shal.
take charge of, and have worked and kept in repair all pub.
lic roads and bridges and foot-logs, heretofore or hereaften
established within the limits of the said county, and for this
purpose the said board of supervisors are authorized anc
empowered to levy a road tax, not exceeding in any yea
ten cents upon the one hundred dollars of assessed taxable
values in said county, and to adopt such regulations as dc
not conflict with the laws now in force, as may be necessary
to secure the proper working of the roads in said county.

_ 2. The said board of supervisors shall, as soon after the
first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as
may be practicable, appoint one commissioner of roads for
each magisterial district in the county, who shall qualify be-
fore the county court by taking the usual oaths of office,
and shall continue as such until their successors are duly
qualified. The term of said commissioners of roads shall be
one year, and shal] commence on the said first day of August
of each year, and they shall be appointed at the meeting of
the said board next preceding that day. The said commis-
sioners of roads shall have supervision of all roads and
bridges in said county, and all applications to the court for
viewers for changes or opening new roads must be reported
on by the commissioner of the district.

3. The said commissioners of roads, severally, shall, an-
nually, at the September term of the county court, let to
contract to the lowest suitable bidder, the work of keeping
in repair the roads and bridges in their districts, notices of
which letting shall be posted for ten days at each postoffice
in the district, the said letting to be as a whole, or in sec-
tions, at the discretion of the commissioner, and for the year
ending on the thirty-first day of August of each year. They
shall require the bids to be in writing, and signed by the
contractor, and shall deliver the same, under seal, to the
board of supervisors for their examination and approval at
their first meeting thereafter. Each contractor shall be re-
quired to give bond, with good security, in a penalty at least
double the amount of his bid, for the faithful performance of
his contract, and a recovery may be had for any breach of
said contract, in the name of the county, for the benefit of
the road fund in the county court, by motion, after ten days’
notice to the contractor and his securities. The said con-
tracts and bonds shall be left with the clerk of the board of
supervisors.

4. The contractor shall be entitled to the services, for not
more than four days in each year, of all persons liable to ser-
vice in working the public roads, under existing laws, and
shall be ontitled to all remedies now existing, for the collec-
tion of fines for failing to work, when duly summoned by
him, against persons owing that duty. The board of super-
visors shall determine before each letting, the number of
days’ service in work as aforesaid, as the condition of the
roads may require.

5. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of roads to
give personal supervision to all roads and bridges, to see that
the contractor is faithfully carrying out his contract, and for
any failure in carrying it out, the commissioner of the dis-
trict shall at once institute, through the prosecuting attor-
ney, proceedings for the recovery of damages for the breach
of said contract.
6. The commissioners of roads shall receive, as compen-
sation, not exceeding two dollars per day, while actually
engaged, but in no case shall his compensation exceed two
hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the county.

7. All levies made and collected under this act shall be col-
lected and accounted for by the county treasurer, as other
levies are, and shall be paid out on the warrant of the board
of supervisors.

8. No member of the board of supervisors or commissioner
of roads, shall be, directly or indirectly, interested in any
contract made under this act, and any participation therein
shall render the contract void.

9. When the court shall order the opening of a new road,
or the erection of a new bridge, the work of opening or
building shall be let to contract as hereinbefore directed.

10. The board of supervisors shall have power at any time,
for good cause, to revoke the appointment of a commissioner
of roads, and to appoint a successor to fill his unexpired
term; also, to fix the compensation of commissioners of roads,
and all others necessarily employed in executing this act.
For the additional services required by this act, the super-
visors shall receive two dollars per day.

11. It shall be the duty of the officers conducting the elec-
tions in the county of Augusta, to open a poll on the fourth
Thursday of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to receive
the ballots of the qualified voters who shall vote upon this
act, which ballots shall be as follows: “For the road law,”
and “Against the road law.” The ballots so cast shall be
deemed and taken as a vote for or against this act, and the
manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots, and making
returns thereof, shall be in acoun ance with existing law,
except that the certificate of the judges shall be as follows:
We hereby certify that at the election held on the day
of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, votes were
cast for the road law, and votes were cast against the
road law.

Signature of the judges.

12. Should a majority of the votes thus cast be for the
road law, it shall be deemed the adoption thereof.
13. This act shall be in force from its passage.