Chap. 646.—An ACT for working and keeping in repair the public roads in the
county of Henry.

Approved March 2, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall be
the duty of the board of supervisors of the county of Henry to see that
the public roads and bridges in said county are kept in order, and in
order thereto they shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this
act, proceed to cause all the public roads in each magisterial district
to be laid off into road precincts, said precincts to be numbered and
properly designated.

2. Each precinct shall be known as road precinct number
magisterial district.

3. The board of supervisors shall annually levy along with the county
levy for other purposes a tax upon the property, real and personal, as-
sessed for taxation in the several magisterial districts of the county, this
tax to be known as the road tax, and to be applied to working, repairing
and keeping in order the public roads and bridges in the different road
districts and to the compensation of the road supervisors provided for in
this act.

4. Such tax shall not be more than twenty-five cents on the hundred
dollars’ worth of property, and the same shall be collected, accounted for,
and paid out as other county levies, save that it shall all be expended
upon the roads and bridges aforesaid, and the treasurer shall keep a
separate account of the road funds which come into his hands and which
are paid out upon the warrants of the board of supervisors.

5. Said board is authorized to have the roads, or any parts thereof,
and the bridges of said county worked, repaired and kept in order, by
contract or otherwise, said contract to be for the period of not over five
years and then to be renewed.

6. The conditions and terms of this contract and all other details and
regulations relating to the roads and bridges of the county aforesaid
shall be determined upon by the aforesaid board of supervisors 80 as to
carry out and make effectual the powers given and the duties imposed by

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this act. The said board shall have the authority to appoint road supervi-
sors at such compensation as they may determine upon. The duties of
these supervisors shall be prescribed by the board.

7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby, to that
extent. repealed.

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