Chap. 722.—An ACT providing for working public roads in Prince Edward
county.

Approved March 4, 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 gen-
eral supervision over all the roads in said county. The board of su-
pervisors 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
dollars in value of such property, and the same shall be collected and
accounted for and paid out on warrants of the board as are other
county funds; provided that said board of supervisors shall not be
prevented from applying to the road fund any money not needed to
defray the ordinary expenses of the county.

The board of supervisors is hereby authorized and empowered to
employ vagrants and -convicted criminals confined in the public or
county jail upon the public 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 dis-
trict, two dollare 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 All acts inconsistent with above are hereby repealed.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.