The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-05-14

brought or maintained unless it shall have
been commenced within six months after
the cause of such action shall have arisen:
Prouided, That nothing in this section
shall be so construed as to prevent the
trustees Of townships or county commits
sioners from collecting or recovering any
moneys in the hands Of the township or
county treasurers or supervisors of roads
and highways.
Sec.'3. That it shall be the duty of
each and every supervisor to open or
cause to be opened all public roads and
highways which have been or may here
after be laid out and established through
any part Of the district assigned to such
supervisor, and keep the same III repair
for which purpose the supervisors are
hereby authorized to enter any unlm-
proved lands near or adjoining the pub
lie roads, to cut. and to carry away any
timber, to dig or cause to be dug and car
ried away any gravel, sand, or stone, or
gather any loose stone which may be ne
fcessary to improve or repair the roads,
and TO enter on any lands adjoining or ly-
inc near the roads, to make such drains
or bitches through the same as they deem
necessary for the benefit Of the roads, do.
ing as little injury as may be to said
lands, and the drains or bitches so made
shall not be stopped or INSTRUCTED by the
owner or occupier Of such lands or any
other person or persons, under the penal
ty Of FORGETTING sum not exceeding TWEEN
ty dollars for each offence, to be recover
ed and appropriated as provided in the
proceeding section of this act.
Sec. 10. That if any person or persons
shall feel aggrieved by any supervisors
cutting or carrying away any timber or
stone as aforesaid, they may make com
paint thereof to the county commission
iers of the proper county at any regular
meeting within six months after the cause
Iof such complaint shall exist, and the
commissioners shall appoint three disin-
terested land holders of the county whose
duty it shall be after taking an oath or
affirmation to discharge their duty faith
fully and impartially, to proceed and ex-
anime the matter complained of by the
complainant, and assess and determine
the damages, if any, and they shall report
the same in writing to the commissioners
at their next meeting thereafter, and if
the commissioners shall be satisfied that
the amounts so assessed and determined
be just and equitable, they shall cause
the same to be paid TO the complainant
out of the county treasury, but if upon
view, the said landholders should be OF
opinion that there is no grievance or just
cause of complaint, the person SO com
planning shall pay the costs Of such view.
Sec. H., That each. supervisor within
his district shall erect and keep up, at the
expense of the county, at the forks Of eve
ry territorial or county road, a post and
guide board or figure board, containing
an inscription in legible letters, directing
the way and distance to the next town
or towns, or public place or places, stu.
ated on each roadrespectively; said post
to be at least six inches in diameter, anc
not less than twelve feet high, and wei
set in the ground. p + CHEZ. +
Sec. IL. That any time during the year
when any public road shall be obstructed
by the fall of timber or any other cause.
or any bridge shall be impaired SO thai
! the passage of teams OR travellers on said
road or bridge shall be dangerous, ant
the supervisor in the district in which
such obstruction or impaired bridge may
exist, shall be notified Of the same, it shall
4 be his duty to cause such obstruction to
be removed or bridge repaired forthwith,
for which purpose he shall Immediately
order out such number of the inhabitants
of his district as he may deem necessary
to remove said distractions or repair
said bridge, and the persons so ordered
out shall, after having had one days no
tice to attend as aforesaid, be subject to
i the same restrictions and liable to the
same penalties as if ordered out under the
provisions of the second and fourth sec
tions of this act.
Sec. ID. That in all cases when any
person shall, under the direction of his
supervisor perform more labor on The
public roads than may be due from him
the supervisor shall give such person +;
certificate specifying the. amount Of ex
ira labor so performed, which certificate
shall be assignable and received for the
amount specified in such certificate in
discharge Of any labor within the same
road district which may be due from the
holder of such certificate in any succeed
ling year under the provisions Of this act
Provided, That the preceding section
shall not authorize any supervisor to re-
lquire any person to7perform more thar
two days work in any one year over ant
above the amount of labor due from such
person agreeably to the provisions of the
first section of this act.
! Sec. IA. That where townships are or
4 gained, the trustees shall meet at the
place of holding township elections, OF
the first Monday Of March annually, a
which time and place the several super
visors Of the township shall attend, ant
leach produce his lists and accounts, to
Igether with the township treasurer's re
} iceipt for all fines, penalties, and forfeiture
fby him collected and the tr,,1stees o,.