Chap. 7.—An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the
public roads in Madison county, &c.

Approved August 23, 1884.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the judge of the county court of Madison may, by and with
the consent of a majority of the board of supervisors of Madi-
son county, ascertained by a recorded vote, appoint one or
more commissioners to receive proposals for building or
repairing any bridge, or making, altering, or keeping in order
the whole or any part of any or all the roads in paid county ;
such keeping in order to be for such time as the court may pre-
scribe: provided that when the gross expenditure with which
the county will be chargeable will in any case exceed thirty
dollars, before ordering the work, the court shall make an
estimate thereof, and certify the same to the board of super-
visorsof the county. Said board shall determine by a recorded
vote whether the proposed expenditure is expedient, and if a
majority of the members of the board shall deem it expedient,
the expenditure shall be made, otherwise it shall not be made.

2. The county court judge may, by and with the advice and
consent of a majority of the board of supervisors, ascertained
by a recored vote, employ as many special surveyors as may
be deemed necessary, who shall, under the supervision of a
commissioner appointed by the judge of the county court, and
by direction of the judge of the county court, buy materials
and tools, hire labor, and superintend any work ordered in
pursuance of the provisions of the first section of this act.

he said special surveyors shall qualify before the judge of
the county court, either in term time or in vacation, by takin
the usual oath of office. The said special surveyors shall
prepare and have ready their pay-rolls when called for by the
commissioner and paymaster hereinafter provided for.

3. The judge of the county court may, and with consent of
the majority of the board of supervisors, appoint a commis-
sioner who shall examine and report to the judge of the
county court upon the work done under the direction of said
special surveyors, shall receive the pay-rolls from said special
surveyors, pass upon the same, and under the direction of the
judge of the county court shall pay such claims as are found
to be properly embraced in said pay-rolls. Any commis-
sioner appointed under this section shall qualify before the
judge of the county court by taking the usual oath of office,
and giving bond to be approved by said judge of the county
court. Such qualification may be either in term time or
vacation.

4, The board of supervisors shall prescribe the compensa-
tion of all special surveyors and commissioners appointed
under this act.

5. The judge of the county court, by and with the advice and
consent of the board of supervisors, shall provide for keeping
the county roads in order when once they have been put in
good order, by contract or otherwise, as may be deemed most
advisable, and shall prescribe rules and regulations for carry-
ing into effect the county road system hereby enacted; and
said judge of the county court may assign to any contractor,
for keeping in repair any section of county road, the labor of
the neighborhood, as provided by the general road law of the
state: provided that no citizen shall be called upon for more
than two days in the year. |
6. The act approved February seven, eighteen hundred and
eighty-four, entitled an act to provide for working of roads
in the county of Madison, be and the same is hereby repealed.
7. This law shall be in force from date of passage.