Chap. 47.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4 and 12 of an act,
approved March 19, 1914, entitled an act to amend and re-enact so
far as the county of Powhatan is concerned an act of the general as-
sembly of Virginia entitled an act to provide for working of roads
in the counties of Chesterfield, Powhatan and Goochland, approved
March 13, 1884. [S B 34]

Approved September 5, 1919.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections four and twelve of an act, approved March nineteenth,
nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled an act to amend and re-
enact, so far as the county of Powhatan is concerned, an act of
the general assembly of Virginia entitled an act to provide for
working of roads in the counties of Chesterfield, Powhatan and
Goochland, approved March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and
eighty-four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 4. The said district road commissioners shall examine
all roads and bridges in their district at least twice each year,
before the first Monday in April and the first Saturday in Sep-
tember, and report fully in writing to the county road board the
condition of all roads and bridges in their district. It shall be
their duty to have the roads in their district worked and kept
in repair, and as far as practicable all roads shall be so worked
as to be raised or high in the center and sloped each side to ditches
of sufficient width and depth to carry off all surplus water. ‘They
shall see that all causeways, culverts and bridges are kept in safe
condition and shall have repaired the same when necessary, and
across each stream where it is needed and practicable a sufficient
bridge, bench or log shall be placed for the accommodation of
foot travelers, and at the intersection of all public roads they
shall have erected proper signs for the guidance of travelers.
They shall see that all roads in their district are of proper width
and kept smooth and free and clear of holes, gullies, falling tim-
ber and other obstructions, and in places where they are not
of proper width or where obstructions have been placed thereon,
or where the ditches draining said road have been obstructed by
filling in stone, timber or other material, the said commission-
ers shall give notice in writing to the person or persons obstruct-
ing said roads or ditches requiring him or them to remove the
obstructions, and if the obstructions are not removed within ten
days after the giving of the said notice said commissioners shall
cause the same to be removed, or, where an emergency demands
the immediate removal of any obstruction, it shall be the duty of
the said commissioners to have said obstructions promptly re-
moved without giving such notice, and the said district road
board may recover the expenses incident thereto, together with
the costs, from the person or persons obstructing said roads or
ditches by judgment of a justice of the peace, and any money
so recovered shall be turned into the district road fund; and, in
addition thereto, any person or persons willfully obstructing said
roads or ditches or refusing to remove the same therefrom upon
said notice shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable
to a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.

Sec. 12. There shall be two regular meetings of the said
county road board in each year at the courthouse of the said
county; one shall be held on the first Monday in April, and the
other shall be held on the first Saturday in September. The said
county road board may hold other meetings at such times and
places as they may deem proper, provided that the members of
the said county road board shall not receive compensation for at-
tendance upon more than five meetings of said board in any one
year. The members of the said county road board shall receive
a compensation of two dollars per diem for attendance upon the
meetings of said board, which shall be paid out of the countv
road fun