Chap. 415.—An ACT tor working and keeping in repair the public roads and
bridges in the county of Appomattox.

Approved February 21, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That in and
for the county of Appomattox the board of supervisors is hereby made
and constituted a road board, and as such shall have worked and kept
in repair the public rvads and bridges of the said county, by adopting
such rules, specifications, and regulations as they may deem proper,
expedient and necessary.

2. The said board of supervisors shall levy (when it makes its annual
levy) a road tax not to exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dollars
worth of real and personal property, to be collected by the treasurer, and
to be appropriated for general road purposes, and shall have the right. to
make the rate of tax on each one hundred dollars worth of property
ditlerent in each magisterial] district in said county, and the said board
is authorized to appropriate for general road purposes along with the said
property tax, the capitation tax of fifty cents on every male citizen over
twenty-one years of age, as allowed under the constitutian of the state,
to be likewise collected by said county treasurer : provided, that the said
fund collected in each magisterial district in s said county may be kept
separate and apart by the county treasurer at the option, and by the
direction of the said board of supervisors, and in such case, the fund
thus collected shall be applied to the working of and keeping In repair
the roads and bridges in such district. Said boards shall have authority
to employ hands, purchase or hire machinery, teams, tools, and so forth,
as the said board may deem wise. Said hoard of supervisors may work
all male inmates (who have been convicted) in the jail of said county,
and may cause all fines unpaid to be paid in work on the said public
roads at the rate of fifty cents per day for such service ; may make such
arrangements as they may deem best with the state authorities for the
working of convicts on the said roads.

3. The said board shall meet monthly, and for the services required
under this act each member thereof shall receive an annual allowance
not exceeding the sum of fifty dollars in addition to the compensation
now allowed said board of supervisors.

4. The clerk of the county court of said county shall perform the
duties of clerk to said board, and shall receive for his services such sum
as said board may deem right and proper.

5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict hérewith are hereby repealed.

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