Chap. 654.—An ACT providing for working public roads in Prince Edward
county.

Approved March 8, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That from
and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, all of the pub-
lic roads of Prince Edward county shall be under the general direc-
tion, care and control of the board of supervisors of said county; and
it shall be the duty of such board of supervisors to see that the
county road funds are economically, usefully and intelligently ex-
pended; to establish rules for making, altering, repairs and mainte-
nance of roads as provided by law; to provide for the erection and
maintenance of suitable and necessary bridges, and to exercise a gene-
ral supervision over all the roads in said county. The board of super-
visors of said county shall annually levy, along with the county levy,
a tax upon property, real and personal, assessed for taxation in the
county, which shall be applied to working and keeping in order the
roads and public bridges as provided by law; such tax shall not be
less than five nor more than twenty cents upon the one hundred dol-
lars in value of such property, and the same shall be collected and
accounted for and paid out on warrants of the board as any other
county funds; provided that said board of supervisors shall not be
prevented from applying to the road fund any money not needed tc
defray the ordinary expenses of the county. The board of supervisors
is hereby authorized and empowered to employ vagrants and con-
victed criminals confined in the public or county jail upon the pub-
lic roads of the county and to establish proper rules and regulations
for the management and guarding the same. The members of the
board of supervisors shall each receive for his services in inspecting
and overlooking roads in his respective district two dollars per day
for time actually employed; provided the total compensation does
not exceed thirty dollars for any one year.

2. All acts inconsistent with above are hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.