Chap. 322.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 16 of an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact chapter 573 of the acts of 1891-1892, entitled an act for
opening and keeping in repair the public roads of Pulaski county, as amended
by an act passed March 2, 1892, as amended by an act passed January 25, 1898,
us amended by an act passed February 28, 1898, as amended hy an act passed
March 6, 1900, as amended by an act passed December 19, 1901. 5 to increasing
the rate per hour paid day laborers for work on the roads in Pulaski county.

Approved November 25, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section six-
tcen of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter five hundred
and seventy-three of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-one and
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled an act for opening and keep-
ing in repair the public roads of Pulaski county, as amended by an act
passed March sccond, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by
an act passed January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
as amended by an act passed February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight, as amended by an act passed March sixth, nineteen hun-
dred, as amended by an act passed December nincteenth, ninetcen hun-
dred and one, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$16. That it shall be the duty of each road commission, immediately
after entering upon its duties of office, to divide the roads and bridges of
their several districts into sections, a record of which divisions shall be
filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and appoint a surveyor
for such section or sections, whose duty it shall be to superintend and
direct the opening, repairing, and keeping in order of the county roads,
and mike or repair all county bridges of their respective districts for
which thev are appointed in such manner and under such regulations
and restrictions as may be prescribed by said commission. The term of
office of such road surveyors shall be one year, commencing on the first
day of August next succeeding their appointment. Such surveyors shall
not be interested in any claim for work done or material furnished on
any road in his district, and any claim for work done by such surveyor
or any material furnished by him on any road in his district shall not be
approved and paid by the board of road commission of the county, except
for his own services. Said surveyors shall qualify as other district officers
are required by law to qualify, and each of them shall enter into and
acknowledge bond before the court or judge before whom he qualifies,
with surety to be approved by such judge or court in the penalty of five
hundred dollars. Such bond shall be payable to the board of supervisors
of said county, and with conditions for the faithful discharge of his duties
imposed under this act. A vacancy in the office of road surveyor shall be
filled by the road commission of the district wherein the vacancy occurs.
A recovery on any such bond shall be for the benefit of his road district.
It shall be the duty of such surveyors to have charge of, and take proper
care of, all tools, implements, and machines which may be placed in their
charge by the road commissions, and at the end of their term of office, ot
whenever directed so to do by the road commission of his district, to de.
liver the same to his successor in office, or to such other person as the said
commission may direct, and file receipt for same with said commission.
Such surveyors shall be authorized to hire horses or mules by the day at s
rate not to exceed one dollar per day while actually engaged in work,
when necessary. They shall be authorized, and it shall be their duty, to
employ all necessary labor by the month or by the day, or both, as the
said road commissions of the county shall deem best, and such day Jabor-
ers shall be paid at a rate not to exceed fifteen cents per hour for the
time actually engaged in work.

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