Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-05-11
CHAPTER.
OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.

CHAPTER.
OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
lGhe officers entrusted aciih the care
mt superintendent of highways and
bridges, dadtheir general powers and
duties.
Sec. l. The supervisors of the several
owns in this STATE shall, by virtue of their
dire, by the commissioners of highways
~ lheir respective towns, and shall have
laecarc and superintendent Of the hirh~
WAYS and bridges therein; and it shall be
Their duty:
lst. 70 give directions for the repairing
q the roads and bridges within their res,
4pccIyc towns;
81. TO regulate the roads already laid
ont, and to alter such of them as they shall
eem announcements
81. TO cause such of the roads used as
highways as have been laid out, but not
glicicndy described, and such as have
zen lawfully laid out and used as such, up
% the present time, but not fully ami sulli>
gsa.y recorded, to be asceraincd, dcs>
gbcd, and entered on record in the town
clerks Office;
lth. TO cause bridges, which arc or
may be erected over streams intersecing
A.ghways, to be kept in repair;
jh. 10 divide their respective towns in
10 SO many road districts as they shall
,Igc convenient, and specify every such
ai>on in writing under their hands, to be
recorded in the Office Of the town clerk, in
book kept for that purpose; but no such
.yi,ion shall be made within ten days
next preceding the annual town meeting;
4 9Th. To assign to each of the said road
I,,ric's such of the inhabitants liable to
] 9ly taxes on highways as they shall think
roper, having regard TO the nearncJs OF
r,lIcnce as much as practicable;
9Th. TO require the overseers Of high
WAYS, from time to time, and as often as
@'y shall deem necessary, to perform any
o. the dulies required of them 10y law;
Sh. 70 assess the highway taxes in
'c,r respective towns in each year AS pro-
uIcI by law.
See. ,. The supervisors shall have pow
I '-, in the manner and under the restrictions
4 hereinafter provided, to Ilv out and cstab-
'"' upon dC'ud' SURVEY, SutH new FoauH
30 their respective towns rs they may deem
necessary and proper; and to discontinue
such old roads as shall appear to them to
las" become unnecessary.
Sc. 3. The supervisors Of cach town
Ja.ircndcr TO the board o. auditors, an
trizad BY law to settle their accounts, ut
re annual meeting Of such board in each
year, stllemcnt IN writing continuing:
lSh The amount ofhjguway tax assesses
cr AMI the amonn! which has been collec~
'..n tarlr town;
~ The amount OF tax collected in mon
cr, md the amount paid III labor;
81. The manner in which any moneys
nscl Ivy The town for the improvement or
huIlIng Of roads or bridges therein, have
hrn dt>burscd, and the particular items ct
.rH disbursement; and
Ih. An estimate Of the sum necessary
" be raised Ivy the town for the improve
menlS OF roads and bridges therein for the
c0Snng year, specifying the Improvements
IcIorcd.
Sc. /. The SAID board of auditors shall
cause such statement to be presented at the
'bcn next annual town meeting, and such
mrr,mr may VOC for the raising of such
>an, for The improvement of the roads and
bsidgcs within Tie Town. as a majority of
ll- electors present shall deem necessary
an the sum so voted shall be levied and
collected IN The same manner rs other town
taxes.
see. 3 1t shall be the duty Of the over
sccrs of highwavs:
Isl, 10 repair and keen in order the
highways within the several districts for
which they shall have been elected or ap~
pointed respectively,
81. 10 notify all persons assessed 10 pay
highway taxes, Of the time when and place
where labor w'il be received i'll payment
Tor such taxes:
3d.. To collect all highway taxes rs re-
CURED bv law, and 20 execute ali lawful or
dcrs Of The supervisors.
Sec. 6. Whenever the amount Of high-
way tax, assessed by the supervisors in any
"S'F'''' shall be deemed insufficient to keep
vac roads therein IN repair the oYerSeer OF
>"'A highway may upon al application IN
"''ung' signed ny maJ"'''y oil me lnhAo-
'''''s ''ao'e 10 pay highway taxes III sue"
"SVlct, make anOkEer assessment on me