Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-02-02

sect'y. Office, Iowa;
Iowa oity Jan. 10, 1853.
certify tho foregoing to be true copy
from the original rolls on file in this Of
flee.
GEO. w. McCLEARY.
Sec'y. of State.
AN ACT providing for the election of Super
visors and defining their duties.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General As.
sembly Of the State of Iowa, That the Town
ship Trustees in all the counties # this State
shall meet on the first Monday in March A. d.
1853. and every subsequent year thereafter and
divide their respective townships into such
number of road districts as they in their judg-
mcnt may deem necessary for the public good
Section 2. There shall be elected at the A.
pril election A. d. 1853, ard every subsequent
year thereafter, one supervisor for each road
distric. WITHIN each township of the counties
of this State. Said supervisor must reside in the
district for which he was elected, and in the
election Of said supervisor no clector shall vote
for more than one supervisor, and none other
said elector resides.
Section 3. Said election shall be held in
conformity with tho present election law. 1t
shall be tho duty of tho Township clerk to no.
tify said Supervisor elect within five days af-
ter said election, which notice shall.be in the fol-
lowing form to uit. Mr.. there insert tho name)
you are hereby Motif cd that you wero elected
supervisor of road district No--in--
Township--Coun:y of Iowa for tho year
ending April LIST A. D. (horo insert tho time
when the Supervisors term of office expires)
and you are hereby required to appear before
me on or before the Goth inst and give bond
and be sworn into office; said clerk shall fur
nish each supervisor of his township with tho
boundaries of his district.
Section a. Any supervisor after having
been elected and notified as before directed
who shall fail to appear before sad clerk (un
less prevented by sickness) within tho time
specified and give bond, and take an oath to
faithfully, honestly, and impar,ially discharge
the duties devolving upon him, as supervisor
according 20 law shall forfeit and pay the sum
Of five dollars and in case of his falling or re-
fusing to pay the same, it shall be the duty of
his successor to collect the said sum by suit or
otherwise, and apply it to the repairing Of
roads within his district ,..-
Section S. Each supervisor so elected shall
DO required to give bond in such sum- and with
such security as the township Trustees may
deem req uisito conditioned that he will faith.
fully. honestly. and impartally perform all
the duties deyolving upon him and appropriate
all moneys that may come into his hands by
virtue Of his Office according to law. which
bond shall TO kept and filed by tho Township
clerk among tho papers of his office, and in tho
event of n vacancy occurring in any road dis
trict within this State it shall be the duty Of
tho Township Trustees to fill the same by ap-
pointment.
Section 6. Tho supervisor shall DO requir.
ed to give at least three days notice previous
to the day designated to work tho roads to all
residents Of his district subject 10 pay road
tax. beteen the first day Of May and tho first
day of October. what T. = lu1swill su.
| p,erin,end tho wof3 = x fSsds wSthin hi.
district. and all pcfsoh1 desiring ia work out
hAtSiA Aoau taA III IiuoU HoE0t S0IQ 0upcTvI-
sor at such timo and place aud with such tool.
and implements as said supervisor may desig.
nate, and for such labor performed the super.
visor shall give to tho person 60 performing
said labor a certificate Of the number Of days
work performed, which certificate shall &c good
lar for each days labor. Provided no person
shall DO allowed TO work out any portion OF
his road tax in any district other than the one
which the land lies, and tho owner of land in
any road district being non resident thereof
shall have the privilege of working his road
tax in said district upon notifying tho super.
visor of his wish SO to do.
Section Z. No person over the age Of fifty
years shall be liable to pay road poll tax.
Section 8. The supervisor shall perform the
Same amount of labor as is required of an able
bodied man for which he shall be allowed the
sum OF one dollar out of the road fund for every
day he is actually employed. dcducting there:
from the amount of his road tax. No person
shall be required to serve two years in success.
sion as supervisor. Provided that where there
is no money in the hands of tho clerk with
which to pay the said supervisor ho shall be
entitledto receive certificate for tho amount OF
labor performed by said supervisor over and
above his own road tax which certificate shall
be received in payment Of his ownroad tax for
any succeeding year.
Section .. Tho township clerk Of each
Township shall be required by tho County
Judge of his sounty to give bond to be approx.
ed by the judge in the sum Of twice the amount
OF the road tax in his township. thereupon tho
county judge shall give an order to said clerk
on tho county Treasurer for all moneys collec.
ted by him as road tax upon all property
and polls within and for his township upon
the payment of which by the treasurer he shall
take from said townshpclerk duplicat ercceipts
| for tho sum thus paid him, one Of which
receipts said Treasurer shall deliver over to
the county judge to be filed by him among the
| papers OF his office, and said Judge shall
charge .he Same to the account Of the said
clerk upon the Road Book"
Section 10. The township trustees afte,
the payment of the supervisors shall order tn,
distribution Of the road fund in the hand. O
the township clerk as they may deem expcd
ent for the public interest, and the township
clerk shall pay tho same out as ordered by Tia,
trustees. The township clerk shall be entitled
to five per cent for all moneys coming into hi.
hands by virtue Of this act, and shall be reauir
cd as least ONCE in each year to make settle
ntwith the county Judge producing voucher.
for ell monies paid out by him, specifying fol