An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1897/1898 |
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Law Number | 298 |
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Chap. 298.—An ACT to amend and re-enact. chapter 598 of the acts of the general
assembly of Virginia, approved March 3, 184, entitled an act in relation to
working and keeping In repair the roads anid bridges of Alexandria county, as
amended by an act approved March 3, 1896.
Approved February 11, 1&93.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
five hundred and ninety-cight of the acts of the general assembly of
Virginia, approved Mare ‘h third, cighteen hundred and ninety-four, en-
titled an act in relation to working and keeping in repair the roads and
bridges of Alexandria county, as amended by an act approved March
third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows :
§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the board
of supervisors of Alexandria county shall divide said county into three
road districts, and shall recommend to the judge of the county court
for appointment by said judge as road overseer for each district a person
from each district who shall be a resident of the district for which he is
appointed, and who shall superintend the construction, maintenance
and repair of all county roads and bridges within his district, in such
manner and under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribe «ll
by such board. Should the judge of the county court refuse to appoint
any person so recommended the board shall recommend others in
the place of those which said judge shall refuse to appoint, but in no
event shall the said board of supervisors have power to appoint any
of said overseers.
S 2. The said overseers of roads shall construct new roads and keep
in repair and in a safe condition for public travel all the county roads
and bridges within their respective districts, and they shall have all the
rights, powers and privileges to take from convenient Jands such wood,
stone, gravel and earth as are conferred by existing laws on road sur-
veyors or the superintendent of roads, and shall, except as hereinafter
provided, employ such teams and labor at the current rates as may be
necessary to the maintenance of the county roads and bridges, said
rates to be approved by the board of supervisors.
S$ 3. The said overscer of roads shall employ the eounty surveyor or
some other competent person to make the surveys and estimates of work
to be done on the county roads, whose compensation shall be fixed by
the board of supervisors.
S 4. The said overseers of roads shall construct and repair only such
county roads and bridges, and only employ the number of persons and
teams, and purchase such material as the board of supervisors may,
from time to time, direct. The said board of supervisors shall fix the
pay for such persons and teams, and the price at which said material
shall be purchased. All repairs on the county roads shall be made at
such places and in such manner as the said board shall direct, except
such urgent repairs as are immediately required for public safety, which
said overseers are herebv authorized to make without first obtaining the
consent of the board of supervisors.
§ 5. Each overseer of road shall be entitled to receive such compen-
sation as may be fixed by the board of supervisors, not, however, to
exceed two dollars for each day he is actually employed in ‘superintend-
ing the roads of his district, and in the aggregate not to exceed three
hundred dollars in any year; their term of office shall begin on the first
day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be for two
years, unless sooner removed by said board of supervisors for good
cause, the said board is hereby given the express power to remove at any
time for good cause, any overseer of roads, and any person appointed in
the place of an overscer so removed, shall serve for the unexpired term
of the overscer removed. tach overseer before performing any duties,
shall give a bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the penalty
of two hundred and fifty dollars before the said board, and with sureties
approved by said board; and shall render to said board monthly state-
ments of work done, number of teams and hands employed, material
bought and used, and supplies and tools and implements on hand,
§ 6. Not more ‘than five hundred dollars shall be expended in any one
fiscal year for repairs to roads in each road district except under the
contract system hereinafter provided for. All other work on the roads
shall be by contract, and in the letting of such contracts the board of
supervisors shall cause to be posted in the most public and conspicuous
place at each postoflice in the county of Alexandria at least two weeks
before the letting of said contract, a notice of the proposed letting of
said work, and written bids therefor shall be invited. The plans and
specifications of said work, and the estimates of the kinds and quanti-
ties of said work and of materials required, § shall be accessible to all bid-
ders at least ten days before the letting. Said bids shall be filed with
the clerk of the board of supervisors, and they shall be by him kept
unopened until the first regular meeting of said board after the comple-
tion of the advertisement forthe bids, at which time said bids shall be
opened, and the contract for said work or materials shall be awarded by
the board of supervisors to the lowest responsible bidder (in the pres-
ence of such citizens of the county as may desire to be present), who
shall be required to furnish within ten days after said award a bond to
be approved by said board in double the gross amount of his contract.
No work upon the roads in anv district shall be undertaken unless there
is suflicient money to the eredit of said district to pay for same, or, in
case of contract work, shall be estimated by the treasurer of said county
as likely to be on hand at the time of the completion of said contract.
$7. That the term of office of the present superintendent of roads of
Alexandria county shall cease and terminate upon the passage of this
act.
$8. That in the expenditure of money upon the county roads the
road fund of each road district shall be kept separate, and shall be
applied exclusively within the limits of said district.
$9. The county treasurer shall make to the board of supervisors at
sachs monthly meeting of said board a written statement showing the
amount of taxes paid during the current fiscal year to date in each road
district, and the amount of cash in hand belonging to each district, and
said statement shall be entered upon the minutes of the board of super-
visors.
§ 10. No work on any of the county roads shall be done between the
first day of November and the first day of March of any year, except
such urgent repairs as are immediately required for public safety.
§ 11. “This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and all acts
and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.